Nivard, I think your first recourse is to complain to Sky. If what Bud says has happened, something or somebody at Sky has corrupted their DNS program and they may not even know about it. bob gillis On 11/16/2011 8:02 AM, Nivard Ovington wrote: > Thanks for that Bud > > I will investigate further > > We have used the same ISP for a few years and not had this problem until a couple of weeks back > > Is it something that could start happening out of the blue or could something have triggered it? > > Just wondering why its been fine until two weeks ago? > > Who controls DNS , the ISP ? > > Reading a little it suggests the router is set normally to use the ISPs DNS by default , am I > reading that correctly? > > Which suggests to me that Sky have changed it > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > >>> Symptoms are trying to open a Firefox browser window (google home page) >>> and get the report server not found >> >> That is often a DNS problem. >> >> Everything on the Net works by numbers (dotted quad, or the newer IPv6). >> >> A DNS server translates names (www.something) into the correct IP address >> (number). >> >> If the DNS server for your ISP is flaky, and many are, you'll see what >> you're getting. >> >> The best fix is to 'hard code' a better DNS service into Windows. >> That can be done in your computer, or better yet, in your router/modem. >> >> Do a web search for "public DNS servers", and you'll find many choices. >> Try a few til you get one you like that works well. >> >> Most sites will explain how to set the server in your router or computer. > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. > > Remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Hi Bob Thanks for your input I don't know about you but I tend to find ISP's invariably deny its anything to do with them and blame someone else So I like to go forearmed :-) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Nivard, I think your first recourse is to complain to Sky. If what Bud > says has happened, something or somebody at Sky has corrupted their DNS > program and they may not even know about it. > > bob gillis